As an agnostic that plays in a stoner rock band and always struggles with execution vs energy playing live, I think this level of delivery has to be respected. This seems to be about helping people worship God how they want, rather than 'everyone look at us' There's an admirable level of self sacrifice playing to a click with some geezer chatting the changes in your ears. Realistically this is a VERY diluted performance experience but it delivers a much higher quality performance for everyone else. I can see both sides but I think for the purposes of helping the audience have a religious experience this is great. On a guitar-nerd front, the tones here are just so great. Love your channel and yeah, just rad all round.
Bradford rips even when he isn’t trying to rip. It’s like he is using 50hp, but you know there is like 600 more under the hood. Great tone! And props to the vocalist too ❤
Being 65 and having played Acoustic, Electric or Bass on Worship Teams since the 1970s, I have had a front row seat to the evolution of Worship Music performance and production over the course of five decades. The current Click/Guide/MD (CGM) system has many advantages: keeps everyone on beat, makes rehearsal and execution more efficient and consistent, easy to swap musicians in and out, plus other great benefits. There are down sides as well. A band had to practice together more and developed much more cohesiveness. We retained flexibility to change up a song or tempo if the moment required. We weren’t locked into a set list. I don’t think I would abandon CGM, but I would challenge worship leaders to do a rehearsal (and maybe even an entire service) without it every now and then just to develop the ability to play off each other and grow as a team.
I'm dealing with some fairly serious health issues right now, and have been trying to cling to the Lord through it all. Watching this video, even though it was primarily focused on your in-ear mix, I was once again reminded of the goodness and faithfulness of God. I broke down. He is SO GOOD. Thank you for serving the Lord. You don't always know how your videos will impact the viewer.
OH MY GOODNESS!! Thank you for this! As guitarist wanting to get into worship music, this sneak peak behind the curtain is eye opening! Lesson learned- metronomes are critical!
I don’t have 1/100th the chops or experience, but having played electric direct in a worship setting, this type of mix is necessary to really hear your instrument and stay tight as a group. When you’re in a 3 piece with a loud amp next to you you can hear everyone, but on that size stage with that number of musicians it really helps. Leading worship is primarily about leading God’s people with a heart purified by grace, and using the tools necessary to do that to the best of your ability glorifies Him.
We definitely Worshiped in that building. This was great live. Cant wait to be back this year. Hard not to be playing I must admit when its what you do for a living.
Great job my man! “Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes” God loves that we return the talents he first gave us! Keep these videos coming!
How could you not feel this one? Great vocalist btw but mannnn. Bradford, you always inspire me to step my game up! Glad we got to meet at the walrus booth at NAMM this year! Thanks for sharing!
Yep it's overplay but it's personal take on playing music, again that's behind Bradford's IEM sound and how he play., The output sound mixer (overall-stage-main) is probably different. wer using clicks and MD overhead and its effective. Kudos great sound and example for using clicks and MD voiceover
Romans 14! I, for one, am not a fan of the click and the MD in the ear, but there is no doubt that this was an AWESOME performance that had me worshipping even through the click and MD. :) Thanks for your ministry!
Firstttt. And yes there are flubs. We didn't run this one at all and I normally play this one in G so moving my parts to E for the first time meant my fat fingers were bound to get tangled. Oh well 🙃
should a bring up the elephant in the room? BRIAN .....music stands....."I won't die on that hill but I will stand on the other side with a clear view". jk I understand no time to memorize. Great Job love it keep it up guys I buy lots of your helix patches has been a game changer for me leading Worship thanks!
Hello Bradford, you are a killer guitar player man. You inspire us all to get better lol. Are you going to make patches for the Tonemaster Pro and upload those so we can get those on our units by chance?
The reality is people don't have an issue with what is happening. My guess, and I may be wrong, is that we've seen so much failure from leadership in churches that have such a level of creative output that it becomes guilt by association. Whenever I see these, my soul goes the same way and I feel a bit ick about it. When I sit back, as a musician, I totally understand doing it all for Yahweh and having a heart to be creative in musically worshipping. My take is that we need to recognise where it can go wrong, and guard our hearts and minds against that through various practices, and then hopefully we can be in a place where this sort of creativity is celebrated more largely.
I think there is some truth to what you're suggesting about how much absolutely terrible leadership (and moral failure) has been associated with large hyper-production focussed churches. Definitely won't argue with you there - it's a sad reality, and the church simply needs better leadership. I do feel that our culture is part of the issue. We simply make idols and celebrities out of our pastors. And with fame, wealth, and power often comes moral/leadership failure. But we also get a lot of comments on these kinds of videos about how the mechanics of what we are doing go against what God wants for us to do in worship. It happens a lot, and it's pretty surprising to me, honestly - like the idea that using a click track somehow hamstrings the movement of the Holy Spirit. I often wonder why people believe the Spirit of God is so weak that the presence of a click track or MD would destroy it. That is more what Bradford was talking about in the beginning of the video. These are all things that I believe we should be open and honest about, and we should strive to make our churches places where people are known for their faith and character. Thanks for commenting and sharing.
I don't know if this is a weird question lol but you got some sweet lines going on there; Where do you end up on the overall mix? Is what you're playing audible in the overall mix? I ask because I listen to a lot of IEM mixes or walkthroughs, but it's rarely discernable in actual recordings...
Sounds like you skipped over the whole part where I explained what was going on. No need to assume you know my heart or how I do this. The idea of ‘hearing from the Lord when I play from my heart’ comes across more as ‘I don’t practice, prepare or respect my band mates.’ I’d suggest unity with the band. Which is what we are doing here. No one thrives on their own.
@@bmitchellmusic I didn’t skip it… Funny that you’re implying the very thing you said that you are doing “no time to practice”changing out musicians right? I said to each there own! If you like that sort of this god bless you. I don’t, I come from a time when you knew the song and improvisation within the song came naturally when the inspiration was there not when someone else is telling you in your ear. Scripture says to play with excellence! What happens when you play through a wedge? Does your MD still tell you what, when and how to play? At some point you have to be the one hearing from your heart and not the MD other wise he should be the one playing the instrument.
Im trying to hear what the MD is saying. In our church we're using in ears and tracks, but ive never played with an MD, nor heard what cues they give. Id love to try lol
As someone still learning to adjust a mix for my in-ears (lead Electric). It seems you set yourself out front with a heavy dose of drums click and talk back. Vocals hover under that and then you sprinkle a bit of all the other instruments in on the low end of things? -- kinda confusing wording... just curious is all?
Brad which iem are you using? How many drivers it has? I have the theory that my mix does not hear well be cause I need to turn down everything and turn up my guitar volumen in the mix to hear my self.
Ultimate Ears Premiers! There’s 21 drivers 😳 sounds insane! You aren’t benefiting from any of that while listening to this video unfortunately haha but it helps me here everything very well!
too much licks that interfered with the singing melody. Sorry but like it or not the instrumentals in the middle of the song drives the singer crazy, she couldn't even follow the melody anymore because the lead guitar was doing another melody in top of hers. Anyways, hope it helps. Blessings.
"A lot... A LOT LOT LOT of people do this... so don't question their hearts!" Nooooooo. This is absolutely horrible reasoning. This is exactly what is wrong with pop Christianity today.
A lot of people using click tracks is not what is ‘wrong with pop Christianity today’ What you are referring to is an issue of the heart. Not an issue of too many churches using click tracks.
The playing is excellent but the whole stealing the U2 sound in Christian music is finally running its course. Excited by bands like Consumed by Fire who are looking to take things in a new direction. Additionally, Bethel and Hillsong seem to be less about church and more about business in my opinion. For example, Bethel's refusal to release our music on youtube even when we have CCLI licenses that covers it is very frustrating and lead our church to the decision to stop playing their songs.
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As an agnostic that plays in a stoner rock band and always struggles with execution vs energy playing live, I think this level of delivery has to be respected. This seems to be about helping people worship God how they want, rather than 'everyone look at us' There's an admirable level of self sacrifice playing to a click with some geezer chatting the changes in your ears. Realistically this is a VERY diluted performance experience but it delivers a much higher quality performance for everyone else. I can see both sides but I think for the purposes of helping the audience have a religious experience this is great. On a guitar-nerd front, the tones here are just so great. Love your channel and yeah, just rad all round.
Bradford rips even when he isn’t trying to rip. It’s like he is using 50hp, but you know there is like 600 more under the hood. Great tone! And props to the vocalist too ❤
Yes, Bradford is awesome...
Being 65 and having played Acoustic, Electric or Bass on Worship Teams since the 1970s, I have had a front row seat to the evolution of Worship Music performance and production over the course of five decades. The current Click/Guide/MD (CGM) system has many advantages: keeps everyone on beat, makes rehearsal and execution more efficient and consistent, easy to swap musicians in and out, plus other great benefits. There are down sides as well. A band had to practice together more and developed much more cohesiveness. We retained flexibility to change up a song or tempo if the moment required. We weren’t locked into a set list. I don’t think I would abandon CGM, but I would challenge worship leaders to do a rehearsal (and maybe even an entire service) without it every now and then just to develop the ability to play off each other and grow as a team.
Love how Brian looks on like a proud father! ☺️
The lower register riffs straight into a higher register riff gets me pumped!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I'm dealing with some fairly serious health issues right now, and have been trying to cling to the Lord through it all. Watching this video, even though it was primarily focused on your in-ear mix, I was once again reminded of the goodness and faithfulness of God. I broke down. He is SO GOOD. Thank you for serving the Lord. You don't always know how your videos will impact the viewer.
Thank you so much for sharing! May God strengthen you, my friend.
Man, I love playing this song in church. I wish I could play lead guitar for a living!
OH MY GOODNESS!! Thank you for this! As guitarist wanting to get into worship music, this sneak peak behind the curtain is eye opening! Lesson learned- metronomes are critical!
Bradford always sounds incredible without doing too much. Beautifully done 👏 very tasteful 👌
Such an awesome job! Beautiful playing
I don’t have 1/100th the chops or experience, but having played electric direct in a worship setting, this type of mix is necessary to really hear your instrument and stay tight as a group. When you’re in a 3 piece with a loud amp next to you you can hear everyone, but on that size stage with that number of musicians it really helps. Leading worship is primarily about leading God’s people with a heart purified by grace, and using the tools necessary to do that to the best of your ability glorifies Him.
We definitely Worshiped in that building. This was great live. Cant wait to be back this year. Hard not to be playing I must admit when its what you do for a living.
Gosh I love this song….really good. Nice job ripping it Bradford! Hit all the major original leads and added so many of your own. Beautiful
Very tasteful stuff on guitar Bradford.
Great job my man!
“Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes”
God loves that we return the talents he first gave us! Keep these videos coming!
This is super helpful to hear what you are playing during the song. More of this please. 😊
Brad’s playing is sooooooo tastefull!!! Sweet!!! Durísimo! God bless you all
I could hear more of what was going on with this one. Great Job guys.
Thanks! Bradford def. had a better mix going on - it was also stereo (Brian's mix was mono, which is not fun for separation in IEM mixes)
Ok….i want to play the guitar like that for the lord 😊,,,awesome content Guys,,I love it 😊
Really great to be ‘onstage’ to hear what it’s like using IEM. Lots of info to process while you are playing! Thanks very much.
You guys have a beautiful sound.! Thanks so much for sharing 🎶🎸
How could you not feel this one? Great vocalist btw but mannnn. Bradford, you always inspire me to step my game up! Glad we got to meet at the walrus booth at NAMM this year! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful !
The Holy Spirit gets ahold to you he has control. God Bless You All.
As always y'all, love the content.
Also LOVE live in ear mixes!!
This is so sick Bradford.🔥 wish i could play this!
Brad is a player. Period.
Yes he is!
🥹🙏🏼🫶🏼
amazing guitar job.God bless you.
Plot twist: Brian has Bradford muted in his IEM mix. :p
Yep it's overplay but it's personal take on playing music, again that's behind Bradford's IEM sound and how he play., The output sound mixer (overall-stage-main) is probably different. wer using clicks and MD overhead and its effective. Kudos great sound and example for using clicks and MD voiceover
SICK TONE BRUH!!!!!
Romans 14! I, for one, am not a fan of the click and the MD in the ear, but there is no doubt that this was an AWESOME performance that had me worshipping even through the click and MD. :) Thanks for your ministry!
Bro all the song you’re in life solo!
Ooooh that strat sounds nice!
Those Lambertones sound really good with whatever else you're running through, Tonex etc..
My dude always as his fits on point, I see that iron heart work shirt and that rgt beanie 🫡👏
☺️☺️ thanks!
The "Sick Run" part sounded like Isn't She Lovely lol very sick 0:07
Love it!
Love the tone in your gear, sounds great
Awesome.
Playing with someone talk constantly! I will get crazy!!!
Would love to see some photos of the boards you used for this worship event. Great playing as always Bradford!
I see that Lego X-Wing on the monitor in the background 👀
Firstttt.
And yes there are flubs. We didn't run this one at all and I normally play this one in G so moving my parts to E for the first time meant my fat fingers were bound to get tangled. Oh well 🙃
Also, at 5:55 you are hearing me accidentally turn on the Mood loop and it was adding some not nice sounds for a second. WHOOPS.
Wow this is awesome. If I could get halfway there I'd be doing good!
Great mix man 👌🏽 band was tight.
very nice..
Hey Bradford! I Love How You Play I Was Wondering If You Would Ever Make A Electric Guitar Tutorial For This Song, I Will Really Appreciate It!
❤
should a bring up the elephant in the room? BRIAN .....music stands....."I won't die on that hill but I will stand on the other side with a clear view". jk I understand no time to memorize. Great Job love it keep it up guys I buy lots of your helix patches has been a game changer for me leading Worship thanks!
Ya'll should do one where you toggle the audio back and forth between both of your in-ear mixes.
😮Brad always inspiration, and yes if there is no dedication to the Lord, it can’t be. ToneX and which OD you brought for the mini pedalboard?
Hello Bradford, you are a killer guitar player man. You inspire us all to get better lol.
Are you going to make patches for the Tonemaster Pro and upload those so we can get those on our units by chance?
Well done 👨🍳 🤌
The reality is people don't have an issue with what is happening. My guess, and I may be wrong, is that we've seen so much failure from leadership in churches that have such a level of creative output that it becomes guilt by association.
Whenever I see these, my soul goes the same way and I feel a bit ick about it. When I sit back, as a musician, I totally understand doing it all for Yahweh and having a heart to be creative in musically worshipping.
My take is that we need to recognise where it can go wrong, and guard our hearts and minds against that through various practices, and then hopefully we can be in a place where this sort of creativity is celebrated more largely.
I think there is some truth to what you're suggesting about how much absolutely terrible leadership (and moral failure) has been associated with large hyper-production focussed churches. Definitely won't argue with you there - it's a sad reality, and the church simply needs better leadership. I do feel that our culture is part of the issue. We simply make idols and celebrities out of our pastors. And with fame, wealth, and power often comes moral/leadership failure.
But we also get a lot of comments on these kinds of videos about how the mechanics of what we are doing go against what God wants for us to do in worship. It happens a lot, and it's pretty surprising to me, honestly - like the idea that using a click track somehow hamstrings the movement of the Holy Spirit. I often wonder why people believe the Spirit of God is so weak that the presence of a click track or MD would destroy it. That is more what Bradford was talking about in the beginning of the video.
These are all things that I believe we should be open and honest about, and we should strive to make our churches places where people are known for their faith and character. Thanks for commenting and sharing.
Didn't realize Matt McCoy was there
Is there a patch for sale on WT that gets us (close to) Bradfords tone...? For Helix LT, specifically....?
Well I’m using the 02 Korg Vox and Matchless Clubman here. Those will get you close!
@@bmitchellmusic Tx man! So grateful for this ministry. I'm new-ish at playing guitar and it's such a help. 🙏
GREAT TONE WHAT AMPS ARE U USING IN THE TONEXS
for a moment i thought i heard "here comes the sun" 3:47
Same
I wonder how miles davis or chick corea would handle an md and in-ear mix...serioulsy...with ableton.
I don't know if this is a weird question lol but you got some sweet lines going on there;
Where do you end up on the overall mix? Is what you're playing audible in the overall mix? I ask because I listen to a lot of IEM mixes or walkthroughs, but it's rarely discernable in actual recordings...
Hi guys... Can you'll please do a playthrough for God of the impossible. Thank you
To each their own! I personally like to hear from the lord when I play from my heart and not an MD or a click.
Sounds like you skipped over the whole part where I explained what was going on. No need to assume you know my heart or how I do this.
The idea of ‘hearing from the Lord when I play from my heart’ comes across more as ‘I don’t practice, prepare or respect my band mates.’ I’d suggest unity with the band. Which is what we are doing here. No one thrives on their own.
@@bmitchellmusic I didn’t skip it… Funny that you’re implying the very thing you said that you are doing “no time to practice”changing out musicians right? I said to each there own! If you like that sort of this god bless you. I don’t, I come from a time when you knew the song and improvisation within the song came naturally when the inspiration was there not when someone else is telling you in your ear. Scripture says to play with excellence! What happens when you play through a wedge? Does your MD still tell you what, when and how to play? At some point you have to be the one hearing from your heart and not the MD other wise he should be the one playing the instrument.
That was awesome! What is the guitar you are playing sir?
Shelton SkyFlite with Lambertones Triple Shots! Thanks!
Straight Fire 🔥. What key was this done in ?
Im trying to hear what the MD is saying. In our church we're using in ears and tracks, but ive never played with an MD, nor heard what cues they give. Id love to try lol
As someone still learning to adjust a mix for my in-ears (lead Electric). It seems you set yourself out front with a heavy dose of drums click and talk back. Vocals hover under that and then you sprinkle a bit of all the other instruments in on the low end of things? -- kinda confusing wording... just curious is all?
What are the pickups on that Skyflite man? Sounds amazing!
Lambertones Quad Shots!
Any tutorials on tone and pedal train? Thanks
Is that a Jennings guitar that you are playing in this video.
That’s a Shelton SkyFlite with Lambertones Triple Shots!
What delay are you using on the guitar?
Strymon El Cap
Brad which iem are you using? How many drivers it has? I have the theory that my mix does not hear well be cause I need to turn down everything and turn up my guitar volumen in the mix to hear my self.
Ultimate Ears Premiers! There’s 21 drivers 😳 sounds insane! You aren’t benefiting from any of that while listening to this video unfortunately haha but it helps me here everything very well!
if you play leading guitar down to G chords , where the other guitar should play? just asking for a friend ))
What’s amps were used on the ToneX pedals?
Do yall do tabs?
What key was this in if ya dont mind?
I believe that it's in E.
It’s in E! Might I suggest some ear training? Would be very very helpful for you!
@@bmitchellmusic I was actually asking cause we play it in Bb female range and I’m trying to convince my pastor that we sing all our songs too high.
too much licks that interfered with the singing melody. Sorry but like it or not the instrumentals in the middle of the song drives the singer crazy, she couldn't even follow the melody anymore because the lead guitar was doing another melody in top of hers. Anyways, hope it helps. Blessings.
The first problem with this whole comment is you are assuming she even has the electric guitar in her ears…
The ferrisees love to critique and criticize
"A lot... A LOT LOT LOT of people do this... so don't question their hearts!"
Nooooooo. This is absolutely horrible reasoning. This is exactly what is wrong with pop Christianity today.
A lot of people using click tracks is not what is ‘wrong with pop Christianity today’
What you are referring to is an issue of the heart. Not an issue of too many churches using click tracks.
@@worshiptutorials I'm saying the mentality of, "lots of people are doing it, so lets not judge" is the problem. Click tracks are obviously fine 😂👍
The playing is excellent but the whole stealing the U2 sound in Christian music is finally running its course. Excited by bands like Consumed by Fire who are looking to take things in a new direction. Additionally, Bethel and Hillsong seem to be less about church and more about business in my opinion. For example, Bethel's refusal to release our music on youtube even when we have CCLI licenses that covers it is very frustrating and lead our church to the decision to stop playing their songs.
Totally overplaying - ugh. It’s distracting.
Nice tone & playing Bradford!
Very tasteful playing! Would like to hear what FOH heard.